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Reaching for the Moon (1917)

Reaching for the Moon poster
Directed by
John Emerson
Genre
silent film, adventure film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 09m
Rating
5.8 of 10 from 6 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man sets out on a series of adventures. He gets into various scrapes and tries to win the day.

lightheartedenergeticwhimsicalold-fashionedbreezyplayfulfast-paced

What happens

Reaching for the Moon is a 1917 American silent adventure film directed by John Emerson and written by John Emerson, Joseph Henabery, and Anita Loos. The film stars Douglas Fairbanks, Eileen Percy, Richard Henry Cummings, Millard Webb, Eugene Ormonde, and Frank Campeau. The film was released on November 17, 1917, by Paramount Pictures. It has been released on DVD. Fairbanks later starred in a 1930 film of the same name that is unrelated to the 1917 film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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